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B481 crash in South Oxfordshire on 21 September 1985 at 12:10 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B481 in South Oxfordshire at 12:10 on Saturday 21 September 1985. The 36-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 18-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Sep 1985
Saturday, 12:10
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52825, longitude -0.98036, in the RG9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Oxfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198543E097095
Council area
South Oxfordshire
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
481
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 September 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 198543E097095 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Oxfordshire road accident statistics for 1985.